Invest in yourself
When last did you do something for yourself, just because you wanted to? By the way, I am not talking about just buying clothes, shoes or indulging in all that we love to indulge in. I say this because this is how I make myself feel better after treating myself to one of my ‘spending exercises’. When we focus on the concept of Investment, we must agree that it is only an investment if it brings returns – which most times will be positive! (more…)
Think about the last time you travelled anywhere…Its fresh in my mind as I just got back from France 2 days ago and this time I actually drove down. I remember getting out of the Eurotunnel and putting the address of my hotel in my Satellite navigation device; it calculated the time-of arrival, which was roughly 4 hours – sigh! Based on this time estimate, I came up with a plan – I would take a break after driving 2 hours, refill my tank after another hour and a half etc. You can’t imagine my surprise when I realised it was actually a 3-hour journey. You see, my SatNav was a lot smarter than me and had taken into consideration that France is 1 hour ahead of England. So the 10am showing on my SatNav was actually 9am UK time! (more…)
Imitate a successful person
Last week, I talked about understanding your personal strength and developing your structure to suit your uniqueness. This week, I want to take that a step further by adding on the layer of Role models & mentors. Another way to develop a system/structure that works is to look for someone who is already successful at what you aim to achieve and ‘imitate’ them. (more…)
Understand who you are
Get up, look for a mirror and stare at it keenly. Make a note of at least 3 features you really like on your face that you have never noticed on that of your close friends and family. I asked you to do that because I want you to begin to celebrate your UNIQUENESS, by being conscious of the qualities that set you apart because this is the springboard to extraordinary success. (more…)
Everyone has faith.
Everyone chooses where and how to channel their faith
Everyone has the strength to persevere in the face of discouragement and doubt…
Don’t you sometimes feel that the day-to-day race of life seems to barrage us with circumstances that teach us that it is easier to quit and let go of our dreams than pursue it? We give up at the darkest hours of our life, forgetting that the darkest hour, as the saying goes is usually the hour before dawn… (more…)
Affirmation is ‘choosing to continually declare a positive trait or outcome’. It’s the choice to constantly say things about yourself that you one day hope to become true… I like to call it the POWER adjectives that makes ‘I want to be become I am…’ Some have dubbed it positivity thinking but dare I say it goes beyond that. Affirmation is not just a thought, you see, it is actually saying those thoughts to yourself consistently until you see them become true in your life. (more…)
The Oxford dictionary defines Commitment as ‘the state or quality or quality of being dedicated to an activity’. I like this definition as it infers there has to be an activity. So before you decide you CAN, your first step is to clearly detail what your goal is. You MUST write down what you want to accomplish and a few steps/actions that can take you towards that goal (which could be Spiritual growth, Weight loss, Health regime). (more…)